Former CIA official Evan McMullin is expected to announce an independent presidential bid. Evan McMullin/Twitter A former CIA official who is opposed to Donald Trump's Republican candidacy is expected to announce an independent bid for the presidency on Monday, according to reports.

Evan McMullin, who serves as the chief policy director for the House Republican Conference, will mount an independent presidential bid, according to BuzzFeed and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. If the campaign launches Monday, it will have been formed exactly three months before Election Day.

Like any third-party candidate, McMullin would begin his bid with obvious shortcomings.

He has little name recognition and will most likely have difficulty getting his name on the ballot in many states. BuzzFeed reported, however, that some major Republican donors were planning on backing the former CIA official's bid.

McMullin isn't the first GOP official to consider mounting a bid since Trump won the Republican primary. National Review columnist David French also considered a third-party bid earlier this year at the urging of high-profile figures in the Republican Party, but he eventually decided against it.

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